Table 1

Patient and volunteer details.

Patients

Matched volunteers

All volunteers

Number

13

13

26

Sex (M:F)

6:7

6:7

10:16

Mean (SD) age

63 (6)

63 (6)

59 (9)

Mean (SD) Modified Baecke Questionnaire

12 (7)

11 (5)

13 (11)

Wilcock et al. BMC Palliative Care 2008 7:3   doi:10.1186/1472-684X-7-3